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02/10/2005 07:17:15 PM · #1 |
I've been mulling this one over for a couple of weeks now but the user reviews appearing today have prompted me to actually suggest it.
Does DPC need a wiki?
What is a wiki?
It's kinda like a forum, but other users can come along and edit the content. It's also a lot more organised (hence the suggestion).
Probably the most famous example is Wikipedia an online, user maintained encyclopedia which also has it's own definition of a wiki.
Why would DPC need a wiki?
There's a helluva lot of useful information in these forums ... but don't ask me to find any of it for you! Sure the search can sometimes strike gold, but I have trouble finding threads I've posted to or even started.
A wiki could have sections for tutorials and techniques, user reviews, tips 'n' tricks, hardware, software, resources/links. Imagine a rundown of all the sharpening methods and links to sharpening tutorials/actions/plugins ... all in one place.
Probably most importantly, a wiki takes the workload off Drew & Langdon. It is us who create the content, review the content and edit the content. I guess a few admins would be needed to keep the place in order, but this is a lot easier than creating all the content in the first place.
So, does DPC need a wiki? Or is there a better way of getting all the useful information here organised?
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02/10/2005 07:27:50 PM · #2 |
I like this suggestion quite a lot. I've been mulling the idea around in my head since the first time I saw wikipedia. I guess my only concern would be how to prevent abuse?
-Terry
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02/10/2005 07:41:55 PM · #3 |
| Yes, for tutorials and advice columns, I agree that would be nice. |
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02/10/2005 07:52:36 PM · #4 |
Originally posted by ClubJuggle:
I guess my only concern would be how to prevent abuse? |
I've never set up a wiki but I would imagine that any posts/edits would be flagged up to the admins for review and the admins would have an undo button to get rid of any vandalism. Maybe edits could even have to be accepted before going live?
Wikipedia has suffered vandalism but seems to cope with it quite well.
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02/10/2005 07:54:58 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by ClubJuggle:
I like this suggestion quite a lot. I've been mulling the idea around in my head since the first time I saw wikipedia. I guess my only concern would be how to prevent abuse?
-Terry |
Spam is a major problem with wiki's. Spammers try to add links to their sites to increase their google pagerank.
Only allow users who've been registered for atleast a month, and participated in atleast two challenges to edit the wiki. That would raise the barrier to signup just to spam.
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03/25/2006 12:44:23 PM · #6 |
I was just thinking that a few months on from the last post that this might be worth re-considering.
I was thinking perhaps for a wiki for each type of camera / lens
and certainly one for Photoshop with separate pages for each of the tools.
Any thoughts?
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03/25/2006 12:49:14 PM · #7 |
Since this post came up, I've started an independent site called Wikitography.
This is open to photography information like a traditional Wiki, but there is also a "Howto" namespace for tutorials.
Feel free to check it out. :)
~Terry
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03/25/2006 01:41:35 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by ClubJuggle:
I guess my only concern would be how to prevent abuse?
-Terry |
Have site councel manage the wiki, making sure info is correct, and abuse is minimal.
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04/02/2006 03:23:58 AM · #9 |
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04/10/2006 03:37:28 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by ClubJuggle:
Since this post came up, I've started an independent site called Wikitography.
This is open to photography information like a traditional Wiki, but there is also a "Howto" namespace for tutorials.
Feel free to check it out. :)
~Terry |
The logo on the site doesn't come in right on my computer... |
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04/10/2006 03:54:17 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by American_Horse:
Originally posted by ClubJuggle:
I guess my only concern would be how to prevent abuse?
-Terry |
Have site councel manage the wiki, making sure info is correct, and abuse is minimal. |
I can assure you Site Council does not at all have time to insure that the info on a wiki is correct. Part of the idea of wiki is that it becomes self policing as the contributing community becomes larger.
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04/10/2006 04:09:04 PM · #12 |
Originally posted by nards656:
Originally posted by American_Horse:
Have site councel manage the wiki, making sure info is correct, and abuse is minimal. |
I can assure you Site Council does not at all have time to insure that the info on a wiki is correct. Part of the idea of wiki is that it becomes self policing as the contributing community becomes larger. |
Plus some of us don't know anything about photography.
Message edited by author 2006-04-10 16:09:59. |
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04/10/2006 05:27:30 PM · #13 |
Originally posted by mk:
Originally posted by nards656:
Originally posted by American_Horse:
Have site councel manage the wiki, making sure info is correct, and abuse is minimal. |
I can assure you Site Council does not at all have time to insure that the info on a wiki is correct. Part of the idea of wiki is that it becomes self policing as the contributing community becomes larger. |
Plus some of us don't know anything about photography. |
yea, what mk said |
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04/10/2006 07:21:57 PM · #14 |
Anything we can do to gather together the tips and links and everything else would be great.
I think the whole principle behind wiki is that it's self-correcting, and that's how I think we should try it first. All posts would still be subject to TOS/Report Post, so any "real" problem can be dealt with. If there are two opinions about how to accomplish something, they can both be posted for the cost of a couple of kilobytes of storage ... |
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04/10/2006 08:26:24 PM · #15 |
We've just started using one at work as well. I really like the wiki philosophy that in general, you have to trust that your content providers are going to maintain the integrity of the data in the wiki. That doesn't mean you don't have to watch for abuse, but that you should let it grow in the direction that the users find useful.
Plus, it's just fun to say "wiki"...
Dave
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